Roof-cresting



(No Modl.) 'i C. B. NELSON.

ROOF GRESTING.-

No. 464,036.' Patented Deo. 1, 1891.

NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK IINELSON, OF CRAVFORDSVILLE, INDIANA.

ROOF-CRESTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,036, dated December1, 1891.

.Application filed October 17, 1890. Serial No. 368,403. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARK B. NELSON, of Crawfordsville, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Crestings or Copings; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in crestings or copings forornamenting the roofs of buildings, the object being to provide a neatand beautiful attachment to be placed on the ridge or saddle board ofbuildings, and, further, to provide an attachment which may be easilymanufactured and applied and which can be placed on the market atacomparatively low figure.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of myimproved coping or cresting, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section.

A represents the glass portion of the coping or cresting. This may be inone continuous piece ornamented to suit the fancy and extending theentire length of the ridge or saddle board, or it may be made up innumerous smaller pieces, as shown in the drawings, in various sizes,shapes, and designs as well as colors and attached in any convenientmanner to the roof; but a convenient inode of attachment is that shown,in which the hase of each piece is broadened or flanged, as shown at a,to set in a metal shoe or plate B, folded into shape to receive and holdthe glass ornaments firmly in place. These parts are readily assembled-by first fastening the shoe B to a sheathing C, as shown, by screws ornails, and then the glass ornaments are placed in position, and theedges b b of the sheathing may be bent up over the flanges a a; or theedges may be bent up first and the glass ornaments be slid between themendwise.

I have found that a coping of this character is much better in everyrespect than wood, metal, or terra-cotta, and at the same time it isadapted to take the place of any of them.

In addition to glass, porcelain or other vitreous material could beused, and it is evident that changes might be made in shape, size,color, and mode of attachment of my improvement Without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention; and hence I do not wish to belimited to the precise construction set forth; but, i

Having fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desirey tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a glass or other vitreous coping or cresting,of a shoe conforming to the shape of the base of the coping or crest-ingand to which the coping or cresting is secured, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination, with an ornamental coping or cresting, of a shoe inwhich it is sef cured and a sheathing to which the shoe is secured,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification inthe presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CLARK B. NELSON. W'itnesses:

THEoDoRE D. BROWN, WILLIAM R. MUXEDON.

